Canada's foreign minister met Mauritania's foreign minister; Canada is Mauritania's largest foreign investor. They discussed expanding cooperation on critical minerals, regional stability, skills development and investment, and are coordinating to support a successful 2028 Francophonie summit.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent told CNBC Friday he is optimistic the U.S. can reach a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada but offered no details and did not mention President Trump’s recent threat to double tariffs on Mexico over a migrant caravan. Talks are in a sensitive phase amid the tariff warning; in July Trump said he would not extend the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, though negotiations continue.

Musk said a petition to reinstate NVIDIA (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang is underway and he will sign in support.